Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
| Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre | |
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| Address | Bridge of Don Aberdeen Scotland AB23 8BL |
| Owner | Aberdeen City Council |
| Opened | 1985 |
| Renovated | 2003 |
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Classroom-style seating
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440 (Fleming Auditorium) |
| Banquet/ballroom | 685 (Gordon Suite) 533 (Crombie Suite) 244 (Forbes Suite) |
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Theatre seating
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8,500 (GE Oil & Gas Arena) 2,000 (Boyd Orr Hall) |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Total space | 9,849 square metres (110,000 sq ft) |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 7,300 square metres (79,000 sq ft) |
| • Breakout/meeting | 1,033 square metres (11,000 sq ft) |
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (also known as the General Electric Exhibition Centre and often shortened to the AECC), is a large exhibition and conference complex, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The complex is home to a Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotel, conference facilities and the 4,800-seat multi-purpose GE Oil and Gas Arena (formerly the Press & Journal Arena from 2002-2012), which can hold around 4,000 to 8,500 people, depending on the size of the performance.
The arena currently hosts local sporting events, including the Aberdeen Cup tennis event. In recent years, the AECC underwent a major refurbishment, with the conference facilities being completely re-built. As part of the redevelopment, a large viewing tower was constructed and is one of the tallest structures in Aberdeen.
Oasis have played several times over the years – their first being two performances on the 19–20 September 1997. They returned for another two gigs on the 9–10 September 2002 and once more on the 12 December 2005. They performed their most recent, and probably last concerts at the venue on the 1–2 November 2008. All these gigs were sold out in a matter of minutes. Noel Gallagher returned to the venue on the 14 February 2012 as part of his High Flying Birds Tour. The concert was a sell-out in both capacity and mentally.
Iron Maiden, Neil Young and AC/DC are some the biggest acts in its history when AC/DC played in 1996, Young in 2009 and Iron Maiden in 2011.
On 15 June 2014, American country star Dolly Parton performed a sold out concert at the venue. The concert sold out in less than 10 minutes from going on sale.
Within the last decade it has hosted major international acts including the likes of Steps (group), Kylie Minogue, blink-182, Rihanna, The Prodigy, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, The Killers, Hey Ocean, Katy Perry and Paramore, as well as comedians such as Frankie Boyle, Ricky Tomlinson, Peter Kay, Michael McIntyre and Russell Howard.
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